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^I cannot wait to go see it :D

I just finished watching Resident Evil: Retribution. I've given up on comparing these movies to the games (I gave up after Apocalypse) so I now just treat them as their own universe with alternate versions of characters like Jill, Leon, Chris, Barry, Claire but with some similarities to the game versions of those characters.

One of the best lines in this entire movie is when the Red Queen says to Alice: "You're all going to die down here" and Alice replies "I've heard that before" and there's something about the timing of her response and the expression on Milla's face that made me laugh and in a good way.

The story had moments where it was really good but other moments it wasn't but these films aren't known for their gripping stories. So I think for what this franchise is it is entertaining and being able to look at gorgeous actresses while you're watching a movie makes things much better :)

Overall I would give this movie a 7/10. I am looking forward to the next one, which I think and hope will be the last live-action Resident Evil...I bet it will either have the subtitle 'Armageddon' or 'Revelations'.
 
Cléo from 5 to 7 directed by Agnès Varda - 10/10
Oh my! I had high hopes for this film and knew it would be great but I did not expect it to be one of my favorites of the all-time. Here Agnès Varda perfects her mixture of fictional storytelling and a chronicle of French life in her time period. I don't feel like I'm watching the character in this film, I start to become Cléo throughout the film. The film has very novelistic qualities that are only enhanced by the incredible cinematography. As with many of my favorite films, I forget about the plot and what I care about is the characters and how they change. Unlike some French New Wave films, the more experimental techniques of this film do not distract from the storytelling and I believe that everything is just perfect (it even includes one of my favorite short films). One of the unique qualities of the film is how Paris seems to be a character of its own, it's a truly living environment. The dialogue in this film is also perfect. I recommend this film to every film lover (everyone should at least give it a chance since it is only about an hour and a half). I look forward to watching more films by Agnès Varda, one of the masters of the French New Wave.
 
I liked the new Hobbit too. But you know, I may like the first one better, actually. And can someone tell why Legolas's eyes are blue? They're not blue in the LOTR. Who is the Script Supervisor here?! =P

Pacific Rim. It's okay. Guess they really delivered on the rule: give us something the same
(ID4)
, but different. A fairly decent scifi/monster movie. And hey, I had no idea J.J. Abrams was in it. Hey, he's a pretty good actor. A multitalented man.
 
Europa Report - 5/10
For a "low budget" indie film it's very well done, but as objective competition within the scifi genre it's pretty boring and missable, thus the widespread theater owners that just had to have it! http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=europareport.htm Not.


The East - 6/10
Yeah, this film is alright, nothing to get all giddy over, but mostly I remain impressed with co-writer/actor/producer Brit Marling.
Girl gets quite a lot of work done, mostly on her own gumption.
Credit where due.
Anyways, not another theater burner: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=east.htm
 
Okay this sucks... cause the last movie I watched was really bad....

Let me explain this before I say it.... I really like The Black Dahlia case... it's fascinating... now in no way did that make this movie a bit fascinating.

The Black Dahlia Haunting : 1/10 ... or like .01/10.

This actress... she would make a decent porn star I guess... Kristen Stewart has more emotions.

The sound wasn't exactly bad... but still it made me consider how bad it was while watching the movie (cause it was starting to become more interesting to find flaws than watch the story).

The story! Dear god what the hell was happening at the end?
Instead of killing the guy like she planned too for like what? the whole movie? She decides to start having a freaking fetish for him. And is he and the guy who killed the Black Dahlia even the same person?
This movie is derp shit as it has like barely any meaningful dialogue.

Effects... Okay. I'll give it to them. Their one good effect in the movie was cutting back the edges of the mouth up the check. Reminded me of the Joker kinda. Also the abortion... that was kinda meh... could have went further... should have it was the only part of the movie that had impact.

Overall, never watch this movie. It's not worth the 1.20$ at redbox, I think I wasted one of my promo codes on this. >_>

Edit: Oh son of a b-----! Her IMDb says she's Susan in a movie called The House of Manson! Does this girl find pleasure on ruining EVERY famous murder case in America!
 
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Saving Mr. Banks: 9/10

Amazing performances from Emma, Tom, & Colin. Really enjoyed seeing the old style of clothes and vibe.

The one thing I would've liked is for the ending to be a bit longer.
 
Dead Man Down - 4/10
Meh... Good waste of talent and resources.
Whattaway to blow $30mil. Pfft.

Prisoners - 5/10
An exercise in story telling with a fairly decent piecing together of a web of clues.
The lauding praise in the reviews escapes me, though.
 
The Cure directed by Charlie Chaplin - 10/10

Easy Street directed by Charlie Chaplin - 10/10

Just great short films, not much to say except that they are among Chaplin's best of the period.
 
Tangled Ever After directed by Nathan Greno & Byron Howard - 9/10
A very fun short film, one of my favorite animated shorts made in recent years.
 
The Cutting Edge: Magic of Movie Making 3/5
I didn't really learn much here from a technical perspective, but it was interesting and I enjoyed the experience. I learned some film history stuff.

Stagecoach 2/5
I finally brought myself to watch this, and it affirms that yes I definitely don't like John Ford's movies. the script wasn't terrible though, better than his others I've seen. So i gave it an extra star
 
The Purge - 4/10
Kinda stupid in so many ways it's almost difficult to appreciate the good use of essentially a single location and fantastically (relatively) low budget: $3m!

And YET ANOTHER great example of how excellent marketing of a cr@p film puts paying customer butts in seats.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=purge.htm
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $64,473,115 72.2%
+ Foreign: $24,855,512 27.8%
= Worldwide: $89,328,627

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_purge//
All Critics Top Critics: 38
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 130
Fresh: 49 | Rotten: 81

Audience: 37
Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 81,046

"Half social allegory, half home-invasion thriller, The Purge attempts to use thriller formula to make an intelligent point -- but ultimately only ends up sinking in numbing violence and tired clichés."​

So, what's the most important aspect of filmmaking?
Depends.
If you want to perpetually go find new people to ask/beg/bother for money each time you make a film then lovely things like cinematography, sound, and story execution are most important aspects of filmmaking.
If you want to make money off this film so that new people come to you with money for your next films then marketing is the most important aspect of filmmaking.


:lol: LOL! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2184339/board/nest/215735560?ref_=tt_bd_6
 
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The Loved Ones (2009) 3/5
I think I was supposed to get the 2008 movie about vampires, instead I accidentally ended up with this serial killer horror film from new zealand. Horror is not really my genre but this was actually pretty well done.
 
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Australia, not New Zealand. :rolleyes:
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Well you can blame netflix for that one, it says new zealand. it says australia too now that i checked, but def also says new zealand.

Then again the doc I was in, they list my name as Ean instead of Sean
I called them once and talked about it, they said information comes from the production companies of each film and their staff cannot directly edit what's displayed
 
Anchorman 2 8/10

Loved it. Aside from Carrell and Ferrell, I thought a majority of the characters were underdeveloped. The pacing was slow occasionally, although aside from that, I thought the film was pretty good. So many great cameos and lines. Maybe not as memorable as the first, but it still left an impact on me and I look forward to revisiting it. One of the best things about the film is the message. Like the first film and unlike the majority of ones in the genre, there is a message behind all of the comedy. Showing the progression of news from fairly accurate info to, as brilliantly put by Burgundy, "what the people want to hear" is a great choice in my opinion.
 
Shinobi No Mono 5/5

Actually a series of feature films and I watched 2 and 4. Very well-written historically-based series on the Ninjas in the 1500's. The characters are well developed and drive the movies as much as the plot, and though there's some great action, overall it has more in common with spy movies like "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" than the usual fantasy bs surrounding the genre. Highly reccomended to fans of Japanese cinema and espionage movies.
 
Well you can blame netflix for that one, it says new zealand. it says australia too now that i checked, but def also says new zealand.

Then again the doc I was in, they list my name as Ean instead of Sean
I called them once and talked about it, they said information comes from the production companies of each film and their staff cannot directly edit what's displayed
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lol, fair enough. Maybe there was some NZ funding for it as well, not sure, but it was definitely filmed in Australia with Australian cast/crew.

That's pretty frustrating about the misspelling of your name. Surely if they can put the name up there they can somehow edit it??? This is the 21st century after all!
 
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The Loved Ones (2009) 3/5
I think I was supposed to get the 2008 movie about vampires, instead I accidentally ended up with this serial killer horror film from new zealand. Horror is not really my genre but this was actually pretty well done.
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I really like The Loved Ones, at least for an Australian film - and I know a few of the crew who worked on it. I saw it at it's Melbourne premiere, and whilst I'm also not a big horror fan, I thought this was at least worthy of a lot more success than it received (even though they ran an incredible marketing campaign, it just didn't gain any traction).
 
Doghouse Reilly said:
That's pretty frustrating about the misspelling of your name. Surely if they can put the name up there they can somehow edit it??? This is the 21st century after all!
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Yeah thats what I thought too. They have my name right on IMDB so it's not like they have to take my word for it.

I actual led called them once, complained, then called back 4 months later and thats when i got the extra info. So if I ever make a feature I have to go through this whole process to sync up my name with the same Id that's already in their system.

I can see why netflix does it though, by having no responsibility for whats listed for a film, they don't have to do any work themselves. It also lets me point a finger when the description for a movie is horribly wrong.


For example, The Hard Word, which left me feeling like I was lied to after reading the description then watching the movie. Curiously enough this is also listed as Australia/ New Zealand. I wonder if netflix just combines the two locations :weird: 3/5 for that film
 
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